diff --git a/plat/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk b/plat/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e13556..0000000
--- a/plat/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2021, NXP. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2022, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-#
-
-# Name of the platform defined source file name,
-# which contains platform defined UUID entries populated
-# in the plat_def_toc_entries[].
-PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_NAME	:= plat_def_uuid_config
-
-PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH := ../../plat/arm/board/tc
-
-PLAT_DEF_UUID := yes
-PLAT_DEF_UUID_OID_CONFIG_PATH := ../../plat/arm/board/tc
-
-
-INCLUDE_PATHS += -I${PLAT_DEF_UUID_OID_CONFIG_PATH} \
-		 -I./
-# Clean the stale object file.
-$(shell rm ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH}/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}.o)
-
-ifeq (${PLAT_DEF_OID},yes)
-HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_OID
-endif
-
-ifeq (${PLAT_DEF_UUID},yes)
-HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_FIP_UUID
-PLAT_OBJECTS += ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH}/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}.o
-endif
-
-OBJECTS += ${PLAT_OBJECTS}
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/tc/platform.mk b/plat/arm/board/tc/platform.mk
index 2182477..cc46fc6 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/tc/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/board/tc/platform.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
 # enable trace filter control registers access to NS by default
 ENABLE_TRF_FOR_NS               := 1
 
-# Enable RSS-required FIP UUIDs
-$(shell cp plat/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk ${PLAT_DIR})
-
 # Include GICv3 driver files
 include drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3.mk
 
diff --git a/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/ddr_fip/ddr_fip_io.mk b/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/ddr_fip/ddr_fip_io.mk
index 7d673ba..36c07b7 100644
--- a/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/ddr_fip/ddr_fip_io.mk
+++ b/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/ddr_fip/ddr_fip_io.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2020 NXP
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -22,8 +23,6 @@
 
 DDR_FIP_IO_SOURCES	+= $(DDR_FIP_IO_STORAGE_PATH)/ddr_io_storage.c
 
-$(shell cp tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_fiptool.mk ${PLAT_DIR})
-
 ifeq (${BL_COMM_DDR_FIP_IO_NEEDED},yes)
 BL_COMMON_SOURCES	+= ${DDR_FIP_IO_SOURCES}
 else
diff --git a/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/fuse_fip/fuse.mk b/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/fuse_fip/fuse.mk
index d8f5ae6..4e84d02 100644
--- a/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/fuse_fip/fuse.mk
+++ b/plat/nxp/common/fip_handler/fuse_fip/fuse.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2018-2020 NXP
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@
 
 ifeq (${FUSE_PROV_FILE},)
 
-$(shell cp tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_fiptool.mk ${PLAT_DIR})
-
 else
 ifeq (${TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT},1)
 FUSE_PROV_FILE_SB = $(notdir ${FUSE_PROV_FILE})_prov.sb
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/Makefile b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
index d7e0fe5..77da4ac 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@
 ifneq (${PLAT},)
 TF_PLATFORM_ROOT	:=	../../plat/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}plat_helpers.mk
-PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK := ${PLAT_DIR}/plat_fiptool.mk
+COMBINED_PATH_FRAG := plat_fiptool/
+PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK := $(foreach path_frag,$(subst /, ,$(patsubst ../../plat/%/,%,${PLAT_DIR})),\
+			  $(eval COMBINED_PATH_FRAG := ${COMBINED_PATH_FRAG}/${path_frag})\
+			  $(wildcard ${COMBINED_PATH_FRAG}/plat_fiptool.mk))
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(wildcard ${PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK}))
+ifneq (,$(wildcard $(lastword ${PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK})))
 include ${PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK}
 endif
 
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/tc/plat_def_uuid_config.c b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_def_uuid_config.c
similarity index 100%
rename from plat/arm/board/tc/plat_def_uuid_config.c
rename to tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_def_uuid_config.c
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ccfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_fiptool.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021, NXP. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+INCLUDE_PATHS += -I./ \
+		 -I../../plat/arm/board/tc
+
+HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_FIP_UUID
+OBJECTS += plat_fiptool/arm/board/tc/plat_def_uuid_config.o
diff --git a/tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_def_uuid_config.c b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/nxp/plat_def_uuid_config.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_def_uuid_config.c
rename to tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/nxp/plat_def_uuid_config.c
diff --git a/tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_fiptool.mk b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/nxp/plat_fiptool.mk
similarity index 80%
rename from tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_fiptool.mk
rename to tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/nxp/plat_fiptool.mk
index ca2962a..6d7b07b 100644
--- a/tools/nxp/plat_fiptool/plat_fiptool.mk
+++ b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/nxp/plat_fiptool.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021, NXP. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 # in the plat_def_toc_entries[].
 PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_NAME	:= plat_def_uuid_config
 
-PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH := ../nxp/plat_fiptool
+PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH := plat_fiptool/nxp/
 
 PLAT_DEF_OID := yes
 PLAT_DEF_UUID := yes
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@
 
 INCLUDE_PATHS += -I${PLAT_DEF_UUID_OID_CONFIG_PATH} \
 		 -I./
-# Clean the stale object file.
-$(shell rm ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_PATH}/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}.o)
 
 ifeq (${PLAT_DEF_OID},yes)
 HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_OID
diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/plat_def_uuid_config.c b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_def_uuid_config.c
similarity index 100%
rename from plat/st/stm32mp1/plat_def_uuid_config.c
rename to tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_def_uuid_config.c
diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
similarity index 87%
rename from plat/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
rename to tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
index 00570c2..1ba47c1 100644
--- a/plat/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
+++ b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ifeq (${PLAT_DEF_UUID},yes)
 HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_FIP_UUID
 
-${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o: ${PLAT_DIR}${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.c
+${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o: plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.c
 	${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 PLAT_OBJECTS += ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o